Toy



l. MOS'NSKY.

TOY.

FILED AUG. l2, 1921.

Dec. 19, 1922. 1,439,634.

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. JOSEPH Mosaivsar, orv sottratti, Nani-tasas.

TOY.

Application filedl August 12, 1921. Serial No. 291,751.7

To a-Z 1li/om z'mfftg/ concern. r

yBeit known that I1, Josera MosNsKf, a

citizen ot' CZechdSlovalria, residing at How-L ell, in e county ot Colfaxand State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and usetul :improvements in Toys, of which the tollowing is a speciiication.

rlhis in\f'ention relates to Acertain new and `usei'ul improvements in toys and has parl'icular reiterence to the proved toy gymnast.

The primary object ofthe invention is to provide a toy gymnast including a pair of barsfloosely connected intermediate,l .their ends by a transverse bar so that the ends. of the two bars may swing toward and' away from each other, the upper ends ot the two provision of van iinbars having a string connecting the saine,

and a toy ligure being suspended trom said string in such manner that when the lower ends ot' the two bars are braced together said ligure 'will be caused to simulate various gymnastic feats, and an imitation trapeze being' suitably supported by the upper ends of the two bars directly above the figure in such position as to cooperate with the latter in performing such feats'.

Another object of the invention is to provide a `gymnast toy ot the above kind wherein the suspended toy figure composed of a body portion with ointed'legs-and arms andl with the string passing .through the ends, the trapeze being so disposed as to beengaged by the heel and toe portions ot the toy figure whereby various feats of a novel nature may be performed.

`With the above general objectsin .viewv and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel i'orm, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed. y,

ln the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure i is a front elevational view ot a toy gymnast constructed in accordance with the present invention, and

Figure 2 is a substantially central vertical sectional view ot the device shown in Fig. l.

Reterring more in detail to the drawing, the present device includes a pair of bars 5 which may be constructed ot light wood and which areconnected intermediate their ends by a transverse bar in such manner that accomplished by reduc-ing the ends of the bar 6 and passing said ends through yopenings with arcuate walls as indicated at 7, in the bars 5. The ends of thel bar 6 may be held-*in the openings in any desired'mam ner, and the lower portions of the bars 5 may be conveniently :formed as handles to be grasped by the hand. f

One or more human gures 8 having loosely jointed legs and arms are supported by the bars 5 through the instrumentality or' strings 9 which pass through the ends of the ligure or figures 8 and have their ends secured to the upper ends of thel bars 5. The strings 9 arek so. arrangedthat they will be crossed A pair of strips l0 of, fairly rigid material have their lower ends rigidly attached as at ll. to theA upper ends of the bars 5 so that said strips l0 extend substantially par-` allel with the bars 5 beyond the yupper ends of the latter, and the upper ends oiZ the strips l0 are connected by a transverse rod l2 upon which one or more trapeze 13 are piv'oted, the number ot trapeze corresponding to the number of figures 8 and one figure being alined with each trapeze. The trapeze vi3, when a plurality ot the same are emp'loyed7 are located'so as to permit engagen'ientot the `toe or heel portionsofthe ligure 8 therewith with respect to the particular ligure disposed therebeneath as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and various other ways to indicate a person hanging by his toes or l lVhile there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may bemade therein without departing fromy the spirit and scope thereof as claimed hat claimed new is:-

hl n gynumste toy, the vmul'nnzrtm'l with n pair of bars tltebly conuerftel at e point between their ends so thztt the ends o', the bars muy swingtoward and away 'from `ezreh other and have L gure susgended from they upper ends of the same whereby pressing oit the lower ends of the bars together and releasing them will cause shifting' of the figure, of a trapeze supported by the upper ends of the bars and spaced a suitable distenne above said ligure for cooperation therewlth, the trupeze support comprlslng a borl- 4mntzrl bnr secured between the upger ends et strlp members earned by the adpreeut up- In testimony whereof yafx my signature. 20

JOSEPH MosNsKY. 

